I thought that three of the four scenes on this DVD were poorly written & directed, but the final scene was actually decent. The problem here seems to be that director Dana Vespoli isn't really into older/younger girl/girl encounters anymore, and so she only makes a half-assed effort putting them together, and nobody at Sweetheart Video seems to either notice or care.

1) Jasmine Jae & Elsa Jean - These are the two DVD cover girls. Older woman Jasmine is the stepmother of pretty blonde Elsa, and she wants the younger girl to look pretty for her date tonight with a boy named Charley, as he is the son of the business partner of her father. Elsa says she does NOT care for the name "Charley." There was no effort made at quality writing here - none whatsoever. Eventually older woman Jasmine apologizes for being so pushy, before then asking Elsa: "Have you ever kissed a boy?" And yes, in the world of REALLY CRAPPY scriptwriting, such a question means that the older woman will now be giving the younger girl a kissing lesson, which ALWAYS results in lame lezzie-sex.

Jasmine is one of those older women completely UN-INTERESTED in younger girls, and so she spends far more time flaunting her own body than in showing any attraction for the beautiful young blonde in this scene. The two women kiss and then have incredibly bland lezzie-sex. To make it appear hotter than it is, Dana has her actresses yelling really loudly as they mechanically finger one another. This scene was a piece of crap and a complete waste of Elsa Jean (who is usually always worth watching!)

set-up: F, casting: A, sex: DOVERALL: C-

2) Brandi Love & Karlee Grey - Blonde older woman Brandi is a college dean responsible for disciplining students, and she has pretty dark-haired Karlee in her office. Apparently, the girl drew a childish picture of Brandi making her look like a dominatrix, and Brandi wants to know why she did it. The younger girl suddenly blurts out: "I have a crush on you and I fantasize about you dominating me!" The older woman LIKES what she is hearing!

The problem here, despite that very promising beginning, is that Brandi is NOT very good in the dominant role. Like Jasmine Jae in that opening scene, she is far more interested in showing off her own body than in exploring that of a beautiful younger girl. A good director would have shown Brandi immediately stripping Karlee completely nude, but instead we get some fingering followed by a lame bout of I-do-you-then-you-do-me everyday lesbianism, with the older woman showing absolutely no interest whatsoever in the luscious derriere of the submissive younger girl.

set-up: B, casting: B+, sex: D+OVERALL: C+

3) Nina Elle & Casey Calvert - Shy bookworm Casey writes in her diary about how her new stepmother Nina embarrasses her by walking around the house topless. Nina then enters the bedroom of the pretty younger girl without a top on. She thinks that her stepdaughter is overly prudish, and decides to prove her point by forcing clumsy lesbian sex on the girl, even asking Casey - and I am NOT making this up - she asks her: "Have you ever been with a girl before?" No joke - she REALLY asked that! Does ANYBODY besides director Dana Vespoli find that line of questioning in any ways erotic? What follows is fingering, instant analingus, and lots of really loud yelling.

set-up: D, casting: B-, sex: DOVERALL: D+

4) Sarah Vandella & Anna DeVille - Sarah is a fashion photog and Anna is her model. Two negative things I immediately noticed: 1) they both look about the same age - this video is supposed to be older/younger, am I right? And 2) the photographer is wearing less clothing than her model - I'm sorry, but that is just ass-backwards! Sarah finds fault with everything Anna does, with the pretty model asking her if there is anything she can do to make things better?

Unlike Brandi Love in scene #2, Sarah Vandella actually KNOWS how to behave like a dominant lesbian. She is quick to strip Anna completely nude and demand that the girl surrender her pretty body to her! At one point she bends the now-nude girl over onto her elbows & knees to further explore her, touching & kissing Anna aggressively! I really enjoyed the overall sub/domme erotic chemistry between these two, despite the needless loud yelling added thanks to sub-par direction. This was far-&-away the hottest scene on this otherwise weak video.

set-up: B+, casting: A, sex: B-OVERALL: B

Those last two young women (Sarah Vandella & Anna DeVille) saved this video from being a complete bust, but that is NOT to say it was particularly good (because it was NOT). Again, director/writer Dana Vespoli is bored with making girl/girl videos, and it shows. And Sweetheart Video has nobody else who can do it. My grade for this one: C

Very good critique on the last scene, Anon. It sounds like a winner if you forget about o/y and turn the sound off. Note that what makes it (sound) hot is the good predatory dom roleplaying by the "older."

The predatory dom role is very well defined so we should see it well executed much more often, if that's what the marketing and maybe the plot indicate. Of course it's rare - not common. And ones done well are even less common. But they are out there. Sometimes not where you expect to find them either.

I agree with Anon's review. And Arstide's advise is, perhaps, the only way to enjoy some scenes; I do, however, hope that this trend of step-daughter/step-mother and all the variations of this theme would end soon. I don't purchase DVDs of this topic and it's kind of annoying to find it in this DVD. Just give us what's advertised: Older women and Younger girls.

In the short time that it has been out, "Older Women, Younger Girls 11" has shot up to number 3 on Lezlove's Best Seller list. I suspect the consensus of Lezlove viewers would differ with Anon's.

I have scanned the first three scenes of this DVD, and watched the Sarah Vandella/Anna DeVille scene. I liked the scene as well, but for different reasons than Anon. I actually would say that this is not much of a Dom/Sub scene. It starts out that way a bit, but it looks to me like Anna pretty quickly acquiesces to Sarah's skills at pussy licking, more than to Sarah's dominance.

One of the things that makes the scene very good, imo, is the contrast between Sarah Vandella and Anna DeVille (who I was not familiar with prior to this scene). The physical contrast is delicious, Sarah has blond hair, a fit tanned body, and sexy mischievous eyes. Anna, meanwhile, is a redhead, with beautiful porcelain skin, a slim lanky body, and a tantalizing innocent look in her eyes. This scene is actually a good example of why I disagree with Aritide's frequent advice to turn off the sound on scenes, and simply imagine what the sounds are. Sarah's soft growls, and Anna's sweet moans added immeasurably to the heat of this scene, imo.

I would suggest for those who are especially looking for Dom/Sub scenes, to check out the Reena Sky/Chanell Heart scenes (there are 2 of them) on Girlsway's recent release, "Who's the Bitch Now?". You'll have to "contend", of course, with Reena's enhanced breasts.

Reena Sky does a terrific job playing the predatory woman who seduces and then pushes herself on her new neighbor, the sweet and beautiful Chanell Heart. Chanell is wonderful playing the younger wife who is trying desperately to remain faithful to her husband, but keeps succumbing to Reena's insistent lips.

Thanks @humble opinion. I will try to get the Reena Sky/Chanell Heart scene(s).

While I like the Dom/Sub scenes, I also like other kinds of situations. But set up is very important. I particularly enjoyed and can highly recommend "Sharing The Bed". I especially enjoyed the Sasha Heart/Shyla Jennings pairing. Just wonderful. & no Dom/Sub theme.

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I completely agree with you, nbsy, about "Sharing the Bed". I especially loved that last scene between Shyla Jennings and Sasha Heart. But really the whole movie was excellent, with the Syren DeMer/Sasha Heart being the only weak scene, and that qualified, for me, as good, just not great.

What I may have liked best about "Sharing the Bed" was that Girlsway produced it fairly straight, and with a minimum of "winking and nodding" by the director and performers--which tends too often to be Girlsway's default style of storytelling and filming. (the Reena Sky/Chanell Heart scene is also played pretty straight).

Another Girlsway DVD that I often mention in connection with "Sharing the Bed" is their production titled "A Wife's Affair" with Abigail Mac and Vanessa Veracruz as two stay-at-home wives who first, out of apparent boredom, have started an illicit affair. Now, as the film opens up, the affair has blossomed into a full blown passionate tryst, with both ladies seemingly unable to control their lust for each other anymore.

I totally agree humble opinion. I enjoyed the whole movie. Both Shyla and Sasha appealed to me because I think they were very genuine in their performance. Their joy came through and I, as a viewer, appreciated that very much.

I recently saw "A wife's Affair". I thought it was really good. Both Mac and Veracruz were delightful and I thought the plot was excellent.

Thanks for the recommendation; I've been out of the loop - so to speak - and I'm trying to catch up on some of the things that I've missed.

Aristide wrote: "Very good critique on the last scene, Anon. It sounds like a winner if you forget about o/y and turn the sound off."

Thank you, Aristide! I can do without the older/younger contrast if they instead replace it with a reasonably hot sub/domme contrast - which they actually DID with dominant-lezzzie-photographer Sarah Vandella and her beautiful model Anna DeVille!

nbsy wrote: "I agree with Anon's review. And Aristide's advise is, perhaps, the only way to enjoy some scenes; I do, however, hope that this trend of step-daughter/step-mother and all the variations of this theme would end soon."

Thanks, nbsy - my own problem with stepmothers & stepdaughters is casting older actresses who are NOT interested in the pretty bodies of the younger girls supposed to be their stepdaughters! Jasmine Jae was NOT attracted to beautiful young blonde Elsa Jean - not the slightest bit - all Jasmine wanted to do was to show-off her own body for the camera, and that's just POOR casting/directing! I could say pretty-much the same thing about Nina Elle in her scene with her younger stepdaughter Casey Calvert! And what was the deal with Brandi Love? I mean, pretty young Karlee Grey confesses that she'd love to be dominated by her, but all Brandi wants to do is to flaunt her own body on camera?

A good director would have put a STOP to that nonsense - but Dana Vespoli didn't really care what they did once the cameras rolled - she was probably busy sending text-messages to the folks at Sweetheart Video about the other half-dozen videos she's currently working on, and that all need to be completed by Friday!

I have NEVER posted reviews seeking any kind of a consensus, humble! I simply state honestly what it is that I've just watched, and let the reader determine for him-or-herself whether or not they would like watching what I have just watched! If you enjoy EVERYTHING with naked women in it, including guys watching in the background and/or girls wearing their high heels in bed, you probably won't care about the criticisms that bother me - but if you DO care about things like weak direction & lame scripts, then I can tell you a few things!

- Customer reviews are one of the things that I enjoy the MOST about this LezLove video-site and the accompanying forum!

Quote:Aristide wrote: " Very good critique on the last scene, Anon. It sounds like a winner if you forget about o/y and turn the sound off. " Thank you, Aristide! I can do without the older/younger contra...

"If you enjoy EVERYTHING with naked women in it, including guys watching in the background and/or girls wearing their high heels in bed, you probably won't care about the criticisms that bother me - but if you DO care about things like weak direction & lame scripts, then I can tell you a few things!"

My point, as always with you Anon, is that you deliberately portray folks who don't see things your way--be they commenters or especially writers & directors--as caricatures. They are straw men that you can easily knock down with "finger-wags" such as: they must "like weak direction and lame scripts".

It never occurs to you to write something like,

"Since it has so often been the case, that my review of a given girl/girl movie has been the only negative one posted, it is obvious that my views and tastes are idiosyncratic and peculiar to myself. Therefore I will post my review, but refrain from labeling or attacking script writers and directors as "weak or lame", since it is clear that my views in that regard are strictly my own, and do not reflect any consensus."

Quote:Aristide wrote: " Very good critique on the last scene, Anon. It sounds like a winner if you forget about o/y and turn the sound off. " Thank you, Aristide! I can do without the older/younger contra...

"If you enjoy EVERYTHING with naked women in it, including guys watching in the background and/or girls wearing their high heels in bed, you probably won't care about the criticisms that bother me - but if you DO care about things like weak direction & lame scripts, then I can tell you a few things!"

My point, as always with you Anon, is that you deliberately portray folks who don't see things your way--be they commenters or especially writers & directors--as caricatures. They are straw men that you can easily knock down with "finger-wags" such as: they must "like weak direction and lame scripts".

It never occurs to you to write something like,

"Since it has so often been the case, that my review of a given girl/girl movie has been the only negative one posted, it is obvious that my views and tastes are idiosyncratic and peculiar to myself. Therefore I will post my review, but refrain from labeling or attacking script writers and directors as "weak or lame", since it is clear that my views in that regard are strictly my own, and do not reflect any consensus."